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BAG HOLDER.

No. 250,855. Patented De0.13,1881..

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GEORGE VAN DYKE, OF SKANEATELES, NEW YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,855, dated December 13, 1881.

Application filed J une 15, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE VAN DYKE, of Skaneateles, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts in a combined bag-holder and truck, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken in the line are: of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a truck, pi ovided with handles 1) at its upper end. At its lower end are two wheels, (I, to provide for moving it, and a platform, C, which forms the nose of the truck and supports it in an upright position, and also serves for the bottom of the bag E to rest upon.

The back of the truck is provided with a slot, j, which may, if desired, extend the entire length of said back. In this slot f works a sliding block, G, to which is attached the hopper and the bag-holding device.

The hopper may be made of any suitable material, and is composed of two parts, H and H The part H constitutes the back of the hopper and lies against the slotted back of the truck. Through this back part, H, and through the sliding block G runs a thumbscrew, J, which engages with a crossbar, i, on the rear side of the back of the truck. By this means the hopper and bag-holder may be moved up and down to accommodate bags of different sizes, and may be held in any desired position by tightening the thumb-screw. By removing the screw J the hopper and bagholder may be detached, so that the truck may be used as acommon truck. The part H forms the hopper proper. It is hinged to the back in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

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lips h, extending down beyond the bag-holder, which lips may be of leather, sheet-rubber, or any other suitable material.

The bagholder consists of a frame, K, rigidly attached to the back piece, H, and a clamp, L, consisting of a flat bar bent to form three sides of a square, and having its ends pivoted to the ends of the frame K, so as to allow it to swing up, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The clamp L works inside of the frame K, and is provided with a spring-catch, m, overhanging the outside of said frame.

The bag E is passed behind the back pltl e, H, which is provided with spurs 19, thence around the outside of thei'rame K, and is then folded over the front and sides of said frame, so as to hang inside thereof. The clamp L is then depressed, so as to hold the top edge of the bag between it and the frame K, and the spring-catch m holds it firmly in place, as shown in Fig. 2.

I am aware a hinged hopper and hinged clamp are not new, and these I do not claim, neither per 86 nor in combination.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bag-holder, the combination, with the back piece, Hp, and the rigid frame K, of the clamp L, which is provided with springcatoh m, and pivoted within and to the sides of said frame, as shown and described, for holding bags, as specified.

2. In a bag-holder, the combination of the rigid bag-supporting frame K and clamp-piece L, hinged within it, as shown, with the hinged hopper-section I1 having the lips or guards h, which extend down over the joint of said frame and hopper, as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

GEORGE VAN DYKE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD HORNE, HULBERT H. Loss. 

